Rosarium

REVITALISATION

Kick starting the revitalisation and redesign of the park by bringing roses back. Creating a threshold building and sloping rose lab, connecting with transport links and expanding the cafe.

SEEDS & POLLEN

Storage and rose hybridisation.

ROSES

Planting, watering and feeding.

HARVESTING

Collection of seeds for planting and rose heads for hybridisation.

STRUCTURE

Pivot joints and glass ‘spider’ connector.

Connection point for the bow-string truss.

Corten modules on steel legs and concrete.

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THRESHOLD

The busiest and most significant entry point into the park forms the site for park revitalisation. Transport links are key with the tube, rail, bicycle rack, taxi rank and car parking. Brown & Green café and a florist are existing businesses within the station.

SLOPE

The existing public entrance space is often in shade due to the station building, however the North-East slope down to the tracks gets a considerable amount of light, evident by the substantial unmanaged growth.

ROSARY MOUND

All remains of the 1852 rosary, spiral mound and bandstand are now gone, a walkway from the stadium to station cut across the mound reshaping it again in the 1970s. This was removed in 2010 and the scar it left can be seen today.